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The Guardian view on Vladimir Putin’s state of the nation address: things are not going well | Editorial
The Russian president’s diatribe against Turkey cannot conceal his foreign policy failuresPresident Vladimir Putin devoted most of his state of the nation address on Thursday to pledging that Turkey would long regret the recent shooting down of a Russian warplane on the Syrian-Turkish border, and to charges that Turkey was selling on oil...
Russian foreign minister calls for lifting of economic blockade of eastern Ukraine
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Blockade prolongs Crimea blackout
At a roadblock on one of the three routes leading into Crimea, Ukrainian ultra-nationalists are hunting for the latest unofficially… …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian mogul Firtash predicts Kiev government will fall next year
VIENNA (Reuters) – Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash said the Ukrainian government is politically bankrupt and will probably fall early next year, in his most outspoken criticism of the pro-Western leadership in Kiev since it came to power almost two years ago. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian billionaire cancels trip home after threat of arrest
Interior minister dissuades Dmytro Firtash from returning to Kiev by posting picture of armed fighters at airportA controversial Ukrainian oligarch had his attempts to return to Kiev for the first time in nearly two years stymied on Wednesday, after the interior minister threatened to have him arrested at the airport by a group of far-right...
Vice President Biden to address Ukraine’s legislature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address Ukraine’s legislature on Tuesday as part of a two-day visit to the country, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline, NATO says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s top commander warned on Wednesday there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near. …read more Source:...
